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Chapter 2

Mario, Bowser, and a Storm

Samus wandered back upstairs after a little bit of going around the yard. She was thinking vaguely about going to her room to watch a movie or something. On her way up, someone whispered to her.

"Samus! In here!"

Recognizing the voice, Samus turned to see Mario looking at her out of his room. He was gesturing at her to come in, looking excited.

"What is it, Mario?" Samus asked, coming in. Mario had moved to the wall opposite a door, and was sitting down behind a table. A table with a crystal ball on it...

"Oh, not this again," Samus said. "We've already told you, Mario, you're not a fortune-teller."

"I knew you would say that!" Mario said brightly. "And that's proof of my power."

"Sure, whatever," Samus said, sitting down on the other side of the table. "Okay, go ahead, tell my fortune."

Mario looked at his crystal ball. "This is a genuine crystal ball, passed down through my family. It-a is the most important tool for a fortune-teller."

"Great," Samus said, once again trying to sound interested.

"Okay, here we go," Mario said, looking into the ball. Suddenly, he looked up.

"What is it?" Samus asked, looking at him.

"I-a forgot my turban," Mario said, pulling one from behind him and putting it on. "How-a could I have forgotten that?"

"How indeed," Samus muttered. Looking at it more closely, she added, "You do realize that your 'turban' says Holiday Inn on it, right?"

"Well, uh..."

Looking at his crystal ball, she added, "and your crystal ball has three holes in it."

"Well, sometimes, I-a like to go bowling," Mario said, looking a little embarrassed.

"Good to know," Samus said, leaning back.

"Well, let's gaze into the orb," Mario said, obviously trying to distract her. "Allow me to look..."

Suddenly, he raised his voice a little, and made it as mysterious as he could. Then, he began what sounded like a chant: "Come, spirits of power, come, spirits of sight! Show me the awful things occurring here tonight!"

"You do realize it's the afternoon, right?" Samus asked.

Mario broke his chanting for a second. "Well, something awful might be happening tonight."

Samus couldn't think of a response to this, so she motioned for him to continue.

"Crystal orb, symbol of my clan," he continued, "use your darkling power to show us all you could! I... uh... I mean, CAN! Show us all you can! Show us this... Samus!"

Mario stopped his chanting here, and sat there, gazing into his orb. Samus allowed him a couple minutes before she shook him. "Mario!" she called. "You were telling me my fortune, remember?"

Mario jerked out of whatever trance he had been in. "I see!" he said. "You have... a friend... a pokemon... it looks like a mouse..."

"That's Pikachu," Samus said. "What's that got to do with me?"

"Master Hand, Bowser, Red, and Pikachu himself have been arguing over what will happen to Pikachu: Red wants to catch him, Bowser wants to get rid of him, and the other two want him to stay."

Samus sighed. The fact that Mario knew this didn't mean he was finally getting a knack for fortune-telling. The argument had been going on for a while, the whole mansion knew about it. "And?"

"Bowser is, right now, resorting to something... oh, no."

"What?" Samus said, actually paying attention. "What's Bowser doing?"

"He's taking matters into his own hands!" Mario said, looking into the orb.

"Is he taking Pikachu away?"

"Well, let me put it this way: if something's not done soon, I see an empty chair where Pikachu usually sits."

"Are those the shadow of things that will be, or the shadow of things that may be?" Samus said, not noticing the references to a certain Christmas story.

"I think you could stop him if you left soon enough," Mario said. "But you'd have to hurry."

Samus jumped up instantly. She didn't have time to get her power suit, she'd just head out with her gunship. As she headed out the door, she called back, "Thanks, Mario! If this is really happening, I'll take back what I said about you not being a fortune-teller!"

"Good luck!" Mario called back.

A couple seconds after Samus left, Luigi walked out of a side room. Looking at Mario, he said, "Nice, bro. When are you going to tell her you saw Bowser leaving just before she walked in?"

"Don't tell anyone!" Mario said, looking suddenly panicky. "It will ruin my reputation!"

"Oh, whatever," Luigi said. Looking out the window, he saw something that made him a little uneasy. "It looks like a storm's coming."

"What kind?"

"It's a little too early to say, but I think it's a twister."

"Let's go tell Master Hand!" Mario said, jumping up. "Oh, I hope Samus gets back all right!"

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It didn't take long for Samus to realize that the storm was afoot. She shot forwards after Bowser, who she could see in her clownmobile. She fired at it, and watched as he fell forwards, wiping out on the road. She quickly landed her ship, got out, and ran forward. She picked up Pikachu, who was cowering inside the mobile.

"Pika pi!" Pikachu said, which translated to: "Thanks, Samus!"

"No problem," she said, turning back to her ship. She turned to her ship only to see that Bowser had already beaten her there while she was getting Pikachu. He was already flying it back to the mansion.

"Oh, no," both Samus and Pikachu said, looking at the storm. Far away, Samus could already see a funnel starting to form. Their only hope was to get back to the mansion before the others sealed off the basement, not realizing that she wasn't there yet.

"Come on," Samus said, setting Pikachu down. The two began sprinting back towards the mansion.

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Back at the mansion, Bowser had arrived in the yard. Thinking quickly, he landed Samus's gunship in a place where it would be hard to find, then rushed in, to find the mansion in chaos- or, more chaos than usual.

Master Hand was motioning people into the basement, but was having a bit of a hold-up with Crazy, who didn't seem to grasp the concept of a tornado. He kept shouting, "No! Lets meh go out and fights it! Gives meh a chance!"

"You can't fight a twister! Get in there, Crazy!"

Finally, the smashers managed to force him in, and they started to dash in again. Master Hand motioned Bowser in, then rushed in himself, closing the door behind him.

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A couple seconds after Master Hand closed the door, Samus burst into the entrance hall. She ran right across the room to the basement door, only to find it locked. She started banging on it as hard as she could, but the storm was too loud. Being in a panic, she didn't have much room in her mind for common sense: a tornado wasn't an enemy she could fight off, even if she had her power suit. She grabbed Pikachu, and ran for the first place that came to her mind: her room.

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After Master Hand closed the door and shot down the steps, he addressed the smashers. "Make sure no one's missing!" he called.

"Hey, wait a minute!" someone shouted: Kirby. "Where's Samus?"

"Pichu, chu," came another voice. It was Pichu: translated, he was saying: "Pikachu's gone too!"

Master Hand rushed out of the basement. He opened the door a couple seconds after Samus had rushed upstairs. He looked around, but couldn't find them. He called their names, but even he couldn't hear himself over the storm. Looking out the nearest window, he saw the funnel approaching the mansion. Praying that Samus and Pikachu would be all right, he rushed back down, closing the door behind him.

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Back upstairs, Samus had shut the door of her room behind her. Doing the best she could think of, she ran over to her bed, and pushed Pikachu under. She was about to climb under herself when it occurred to her to check on how close the twister was. Looking out the window, she saw that it was approaching rapidly. Suddenly, the whole room gave a gigantic jerk like it was being ripped away from the mansion. Everything in her room went flying. She turned just in time to see a book about the size of a dictionary flying towards her. It hit her in the forehead, knocking her to the ground. The last thing she remembered was the sound of the wind before she lost consciousness.

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